For underwear, short-sleeved shirts, shorts, socks, etc., Xu Lai and his group chose affordable pure cotton items, one hundred sets of each item per person.
There are also clothes for spring and autumn, including pajamas and sneakers, fifty sets or fifty pairs per person.
Although Xu Lai did not experience extreme cold in her previous life, she still needed warm clothing.
If there's a sudden and drastic drop in temperature, they'll all be doomed if they don't have anything to protect them from the cold.
Examples include long and short down jackets, down pants, thick quilts, thick clothes, underwear, thick boots, and thick socks to protect against extreme cold.
Other items include cold-proof tents, cold-proof sleeping bags, thick quilts, bed sheets, duvet covers, and pillows.
In addition, there are high-tech cold-weather suits that scientists wear specifically for scientific expeditions to the Earth's poles. Each of the five members of their family needs to prepare at least five sets.
These items that can withstand the cold are quite expensive, especially high-tech cold-weather clothing.
Fortunately, we can buy thick clothes out of season now. Although it still cost more than 400,000 yuan, it was indeed much cheaper than buying them in winter.
On Xu Haiguo's side, the families of those looking at houses will have children who will be starting primary school in the second half of the year.
Xu Haiguo and his wife also offered to pay 30,000 yuan less than the market price.
The house was eventually sold for 650,000.
The third day, which was only seven days before the outbreak of the virus.
Today, the shop owner who sells security doors arranged for workers to come and install them, and Xu Jiangming stayed home to oversee the installation.
Xu Haiguo, his wife, and their two children went out to continue shopping.
Today's goal is to purchase solar power generation equipment, lighting equipment, and large freezers for freezing meat.
After discussing it with her parents, Xu Lai bought six sets of solar power equipment.
Besides the power needed inside the house, this power supply is also needed in other spaces to power the freezer, and a spare should also be included.
One set of this high-powered equipment costs more than 40,000 yuan, and six sets would cost 250,000 yuan.
Ten 300-liter freezers and three large-capacity four-door refrigerators cost nearly 20,000 yuan.
There are also air conditioners, electric fans, small heaters for personal use, and baseboard heating devices.
We prepared several of each type, which cost us over 20,000 yuan.
On the morning of the fourth day, after breakfast, Xu Lai sent her father and second uncle into the space.
We need to install solar power equipment in the space.
Because she, her mother, and her younger brother were going to the farmers' market today to buy all kinds of meat and frozen goods.
The seller cut the three pigs and one beef into different parts.
One hundred slaughtered chickens, ducks, and geese, two hundred slaughtered fish, and two hundred catties each of prawns and crabs.
Five hundred eggs.
I bought a basket of each of various vegetables, including cabbage and radish.
Xu Lai and his family bought a little extra potatoes, pumpkins, and winter melons, which are easy to store.
However, vegetables can be grown on those few acres of land, so there's no need to stockpile too many.
They also bought dozens of bags of frozen dumplings, steamed buns, and shumai.
A considerable amount of sauerkraut fish, braised pork with preserved mustard greens, hot pot meatballs, hot pot base, and hot pot side dishes were also prepared.
The merchants needed a day to prepare these items. After Song Qiu'e paid the deposit, Xu Lai took her family to various pharmacies.
It's time to start purchasing medicines.
Various medicines, including antipyretics, cough suppressants, and medications for treating sprains and bruises.
There are also gauze, band-aids, and various vitamins and antibiotics needed by the human body.
Xu Lai and his team also stockpiled a lot of medications for treating chronic diseases, such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
In addition, medical masks, N95 masks, ordinary protective clothing, high-grade protective clothing, as well as gas masks, disinfectant alcohol, disinfectant solution, etc., were also purchased in several or even dozens of boxes.
There were also disinfection supplies for the room, including a sack of mugwort.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it was recommended to use mugwort fumigation for disinfection.
These protective supplies were hard to find, so Xu Lai ordered them directly online.
On the morning of the fifth day, we went to buy supplies for starting a fire and keeping warm.
They stockpiled over a dozen tons each of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), coal briquettes, charcoal, and even firewood.
Other items include kitchenware, tableware, tables, chairs, sofas, and coal stoves.
Xu Jiangming also specially bought five of the currently popular stainless steel wood-burning stoves that can both cook and provide heating.
In the afternoon, the meat and various frozen goods I ordered were delivered to the designated location by the merchant as requested.
After Xu Lai put these things into her spatial storage, the whole family stayed there for the entire afternoon, sorting through the meat.
Xu Jiangming and Xu Haiguo, father and son, were responsible for chopping the meat into small pieces.
Song Qiu'e was responsible for packing the chopped ingredients into plastic bags.
The siblings Xu Lai and Xu Chao were responsible for storing these items in the freezer and refrigerator, which were already connected to the solar energy equipment in the space.
Before sunset, the ten ice machines arranged in two rows on the south side of the space warehouse were finally filled.
Two of the three large-capacity refrigerators next to the freezer were also full.
There's one empty.
Xu Lai and Xu Chao, the siblings, quickly left the space and went downstairs to the supermarket to buy two boxes of popsicles and ice cream, which they then put inside.
As soon as the brother and sister put their things away, the whole family of five was automatically ejected from the space.
"Sigh, it seems we really can only stay in this space during the day!"
Xu Lai sighed, looking helpless.
Xu Jiangming is the oldest. He has experienced many ups and downs in his life and has a very open mind about them.
Seeing his eldest granddaughter's somewhat disappointed look, he quickly smiled and comforted her, "Our family has such a space, which is probably thanks to the blessings of our ancestors. We should be content. With the help of this space, and with our family working together as one, I believe that no matter what difficulties we encounter in the future, our family will be able to overcome them safely!"
Upon hearing her second uncle's powerful words, Xu Lai instantly realized the truth.
Indeed, she should feel content; how can one be too greedy?
"You can't have everything without a price to pay"—that's the principle at play.
On the sixth day, the family went out to buy tools for self-defense.
Examples include stun guns, pepper spray, daggers, machetes, electric fences, and fire emergency kits.
Xu Jiangming, who had previously worked with weapons in the military, knew more about these things.
Moreover, these items are regulated in the market. It took most of the day for everyone to inquire and research, and finally, through personal connections, they managed to collect all of them.
The seventh day is for preparing spiritual nourishment.
The family bought a huge pile of books, including those on planting, animal husbandry, various tools, and appliance repair.
There are also the high school textbooks that Xu Chao will need for the three years of high school.
And some ancient classics to pass the time.
Xu Lai also bought several large-capacity hard drives, which contained various movies, TV series, and videos on cooking or science popularization.
With all the preparations for "eating, drinking, and having fun" nearly complete, Xu Lai thought about the issue of going to the toilet.
In my previous life, after a devastating rainstorm, the outside world was flooded, and the toilets suffered from severe backflow, so the toilet drains had to be blocked with cement.
So going to the toilet is also a big problem.
"How about we build a toilet in space?"
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